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Gossip: City lead Jorginho chase?

GOSSIP: The MEN believe City are chasing Napoli midfielder Jorginho

There's more transfer gossip this morning as Manchester City prepare for the final game of the season at Southampton.

And there are plenty of records City can still break before the campaign ends.

Let’s start with a report in the Manchester Evening News suggesting City are in pole position to sign Napoli midfielder Jorginho.

James Robson writes: "Manchester City's pursuit of Jorginho has been boosted by Jose Mourinho's decision to cool his interest in the Italian international.

"The Premier League champions were already considered the front-runners for the Napoli midfielder - but competition from Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea meant Jorginho was not short of options this summer.

"Now Mourinho is understood to have placed alternative targets ahead of the 26-year-old after instructing scouts to draw up a list of world class midfielders to replace the retiring Michael Carrick.

"United have monitored Fred, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Marco Verratti, Jean-Michael Seri and Arturo Vidal in recent months, with Mourinho not ruling out the possibility of making two additions to his engine room as part of a squad overhaul.

"By contrast Pep Guardiola only intends to fine tune a City squad that could become the first team in Premier League history to reach 100 points."